Gossip! The staple diet of the UK public

As I prepare to go on holiday I am amazed by the amount of trash on sale in the magazine rack at the airport!

Rows and rows of gossip and speculation based on gossip! I can’t believe the millions that must be spent by the UK public, and I’m sure Brits are not unique, on what is just trash!

Maybe I am arrogant but I can’t imagine how dull my life would need to be before I found any enjoyment in living a secondhand life through the pages of a gossip mag!

As a Christian I must ask myself too what is the facination? Let me pose an answer and say “is it not a facination with these peoples lives, but a facination with sin?” We may not take part in such actions ourselves, we are far to pious for that, but do we somehow participate in our indulgence in gossip publications (and some Tv shows too).

I am not saying that everything these people do is wrong, but it seems to me that it is only the bad stuff that people wants to k ow about and so it is only the bad stuff that gets printed!

Next time you look to buy one of these magazines ask yourself the question “why this magazine? Why these stories? What is it that I hope to learn? Am I feeding a thirst for knowledge or a thirst for gossip or some inner desire to feed my inner man on the sinful exploits of others”

Just a thought !

And So It Begins … Incitement to Racial Hatred used to Prevent Preaching on the Street!

A street preacher is at the centre of a row over freedom of speech after police threatened to arrest him for reading the Bible in public.

And so it begins … on Saturday the Telegraph News Paper reported that whilst preaching and reading the bible on the streets of Manchester a man was told by plain clothes and uniformed police officers to stop or face arrest.

Andrea Minichiello Williams, a friend of mine and the the director of the Christian Legal Centre, has written to Peter Fahy, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, over the incident …. Go Andrea!

The Telegrapth reported “The centre and Mr Diamond believe that the police abused their powers during the dispute on Saturday, July 25. It is against the law to use offensive, threatening or abusive words or behaviour. It is also an offence to incite hatred on grounds of race, religion or sexual orientation. However, in its letter to the police, the Christian Legal Centre said: ‘Freedom of religious and freedom of religious speech is specifically protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.’ The letter added: ‘This means that any restriction on the ‘right’ to evangelise will have to be justified by the Police by a ‘pressing social need’. ‘In a free society, this is very difficult to do; and a few complaints by irate individuals will not suffice.’

This is, I beleive, the begining of the systematic errosion of the christian foundation of this nation! I think we should take a long close look at what principles and political foundations have made this country great. I would suggest that it is the foundational chrsitian principles our laws are founded on. I am not saying that everyone should be a chrsitian, or anything like that. But lets not throw the baby out with the bath water!

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Newday

Newday is an event for over 7,000 young people. Held in Norwich it as a fantastic opportunity for young people to gather together to worship God, receive top quality teaching and put their faith into action as the hit the streets of Norwich and the surrounding towns in social action and evangalism.

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